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Missing Light Crisis: 'Something is Amiss in the Universe'
IBTimes ^ | 10 Jul 2014 | Hannah Osborne

Posted on 07/10/2014 6:57:55 AM PDT by shove_it

There is a "missing light crisis" taking place in the universe with a huge deficit on what there should be and what there actually is, astronomers have said.

In a statement, experts from the Carnegie Institution for Science said "something is amiss in the universe" with 80% of the light missing.

Lead author of the study Juna Kollmeier said: "It's as if you're in a big, brightly-lit room, but you look around and see only a few 40-watt lightbulbs. Where is all that light coming from? It's missing from our census."

Published in Astrophysical Journal Letters, scientists found that the light from galaxies and quasars is not enough to explain observations of intergalactic hydrogen, with a difference of 400%.

Empty space between galaxies are bridged by tendrils of hydrogen and helium that act as a "light metre".

The scientists discovered that when looking at galaxies billions of light years away in the early universe, the amount of light present appears to add up. However, in more localised parts of the universe, the calculations fail massively...

(Excerpt) Read more at ibtimes.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: darkenergy; darkforce; darkmatter; haltonarp; stringtheory
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1 posted on 07/10/2014 6:57:55 AM PDT by shove_it
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To: shove_it; SunkenCiv

Is God turning out the lights?


2 posted on 07/10/2014 6:59:07 AM PDT by shove_it (My real nickname is Otter)
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To: shove_it

Obviously the rest of the universe has already switched to CFLs.


3 posted on 07/10/2014 6:59:24 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: shove_it

He is going to—Matthew 24:29-30


4 posted on 07/10/2014 7:01:42 AM PDT by TurkeyLurkey
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To: shove_it

Check soros’ Swiss safe deposit box?


5 posted on 07/10/2014 7:02:43 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..))
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To: shove_it

Has to be a result of man caused global warming!


6 posted on 07/10/2014 7:03:02 AM PDT by brownsfan (Behold, the power of government cheese.)
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To: shove_it

Yes, global warming is so bad here on earth that the rest of the universe is adjusting to compensate for this hazardous condition. Pretty soon the whole universe will go dark. Somewhere Al Gore is smiling.


7 posted on 07/10/2014 7:03:58 AM PDT by Lake Living
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To: shove_it

Something big is coming this way.


8 posted on 07/10/2014 7:04:05 AM PDT by Foundahardheadedwoman (God don't have a statute of limitations)
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To: brownsfan

It’s more accurately described as

“American lifestyle caused global warming”.

Because that’s what they’re really after.


9 posted on 07/10/2014 7:04:23 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: shove_it

Sounds like the start of a search for... A huge grant to study this problem before the universe goes completely dark. In less than 10 years. Or maybe if the universe gets too bright.


10 posted on 07/10/2014 7:06:15 AM PDT by CPOSharky (I was born with nothing, and I still have most of it.)
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To: shove_it

didn’t a guy names Adams suggest that there was something fundamentally wrong with the universe? something about a 42?

but fret not, Dr. Who will fix it.


11 posted on 07/10/2014 7:06:53 AM PDT by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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To: shove_it

IBIBF - In Before It’s Bush’s Fault!


12 posted on 07/10/2014 7:09:12 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: shove_it
Is God turning out the lights?

According to the article, the problem isn't missing light. There's plenty of light.

The problem appears to be that there are insufficient light sources in the Universe to account for all that light.

13 posted on 07/10/2014 7:09:31 AM PDT by Maceman
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To: shove_it

There was a darkness like an old friend
That scratched and crawled up the wall
Into my life, into my destiny


14 posted on 07/10/2014 7:10:00 AM PDT by null and void (If Bill Clinton was the first black president, why isn't Barack Obama the first woman president?)
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To: shove_it

Hebrews 1:3 - Praise the Lord.


15 posted on 07/10/2014 7:14:53 AM PDT by mulligan (I)
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To: camle

He rebooted the universe at least once.

Looking forward to the new one.


16 posted on 07/10/2014 7:15:31 AM PDT by wally_bert (There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
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To: brownsfan
Has to be a result of man caused global warming!

That's it - altogether way too much coal fired industry and power plants throughout the universe. Gore will be all over this revelation, pitching universal carbon credit swaps.

17 posted on 07/10/2014 7:15:32 AM PDT by shove_it (My real nickname is Otter)
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To: shove_it

They need to ask God. He created it.


18 posted on 07/10/2014 7:16:01 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: shove_it

Anthropogenic, fer shure


19 posted on 07/10/2014 7:18:01 AM PDT by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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To: shove_it

What a bunch of idiots.
Nothing is amiss in the universe. The universe is doing just fine and doesn’t need anyone to tell it that it is missing something.
Not long ago it was “missing matter” which they explained by “dark matter.”
Maybe the “dark matter” is absorbing all the “missing light.”

The only thing that’s missing is these “scientists’” gray matter.


20 posted on 07/10/2014 7:18:47 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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